Mine detail: Spitzer-1

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Location

Lat / long:

33.13625, -100.06344

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1974

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratabound
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Flowerpot Shale
Host type:	Shale
Associated rock:	Kiser Gypsum Member Of Flowerpot Shale
Associated type:	Evaporite
Structure:	Gentle W. Dip, About 15 Ft/Mi, Off Bend Arch
Tectonic:	Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin

References

MRDS	DE01948
DEP	10022120
Reference	{Deposit:: PATTON, L.T., 1930, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 3027, 77 P.}{Deposit:: BARNES, V.E., COMPILER, 1967, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF TEXAS, LUBBOCK SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: SMITH, G.E., 1974, TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 80, 84 P. (P. 26-27, 71, 80, PL. V).}{Deposit:: STORM, L.W., COMPILER, 1929, GEOLOGIC MAP OF STONEWALL COUNTY, TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, APRIL 1929, SCALE 1:48,000.}
Reporter	Fay, Robert O.